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Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir
Ásdís is an Icelandic female given name. It is derived from the Old Norse elements ''áss'' (god) and ''dís'' (goddess). Notable people with the name include: * Ásdís Egilsdóttir (born 1946), Icelandic scholar * Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 1985), Icelandic javelin thrower * Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir (born 1993), Icelandic singer and songwriter *Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir (born 1979), Icelandic model, entrepreneur and television producer *Ásdís Thoroddsen (born 1959), Icelandic filmmaker and actress * Martha Ásdís Hjálmarsdóttir, Icelandic biologist *Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr (born 23 June 1952) is an Icelandic diplomat and was the first woman to be appointed as an ambassador by Iceland, serving as ambassador to Sweden from 1991 to 1996. Education Sigríður was a fellow at Harvard Russian ... (born 1952), Icelandic diplomat References {{DEFAULTSORT:Asdis Icelandic feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia, and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 8th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid- to late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not precise, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse (Old West Nordic, often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse (Old East Nordic), and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís Egilsdóttir
Ásdís Egilsdóttir (born 1946) is a former professor in the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland. Professional career Ásdís completed a BA degree in Icelandic, Library Science and French at the University of Iceland in 1970 and a Cand. mag. degree in Icelandic Literature in 1982. She worked at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies during the period 1970–1989 and was furthermore a part-time lecturer at the University of Iceland until she was appointed Assistant Professor in Medieval Icelandic Literature in 1991. She was promoted to the position of Professor in 2009 and retired due to age at the end of October 2016. Ásdís's research spans a wide field within Icelandic medieval literature, but the main emphases in her research are Nordic hagiography, translations and vernacular texts, masculinity and gender, writing and reading and literacy in the Middle Ages and memory studies. A collection of her articles, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 28 October 1985) is an Icelandic former javelin thrower. Biography She represented her country at both 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 European Championships and 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships. Her personal best is 63.43 metres, achieved on 12 July 2017 in Joensuu, Finland. She is the current Icelandic record holder. Competition record Personal life In end of 2020, Ásdís was infected with COVID-19 and was hospitalised for a week where she was put on a ventilator A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathi .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hjalmsdottir, Asdis 1985 births Living people Asdis Hjalmsdottir Athletes (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir
Ásdís is an Icelandic female given name. It is derived from the Old Norse elements ''áss'' (god) and ''dís'' (goddess). Notable people with the name include: * Ásdís Egilsdóttir (born 1946), Icelandic scholar * Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 1985), Icelandic javelin thrower * Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir (born 1993), Icelandic singer and songwriter *Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir (born 1979), Icelandic model, entrepreneur and television producer *Ásdís Thoroddsen (born 1959), Icelandic filmmaker and actress * Martha Ásdís Hjálmarsdóttir, Icelandic biologist *Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr (born 23 June 1952) is an Icelandic diplomat and was the first woman to be appointed as an ambassador by Iceland, serving as ambassador to Sweden from 1991 to 1996. Education Sigríður was a fellow at Harvard Russian ... (born 1952), Icelandic diplomat References {{DEFAULTSORT:Asdis Icelandic feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir
Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir (born 12 August 1979) is an Icelandic model, entrepreneur and television producer. In 2009, she appeared in the Bulgarian TV show ''Footballer's wife''. During the 2010s, she worked as a television producer at 365 Miðlar. In January 2024, she declared her candidacy for the president of Iceland in the upcoming presidential elections. Personal life Ásdís was married to footballer Garðar Gunnlaugsson Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 7 September 1983) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for ÍA Akranes in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is the younger brother of Arnar Gunnlaugsson Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 6 March 1973) is an Ice ... with whom she has two children. They divorced in 2012. References {{reflist Living people 1979 births Icelandic models Icelandic television people Candidates for President of Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís Thoroddsen
Ásdís Thoroddsen (born 26 February 1959) is an Icelandic director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. Biography Thoroddsen was born on 26 February 1959 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She started her career in film as an assistant on the set of an adaptation of Halldór Laxness's novel ''Le Paradis'' for the German channel NDR in 1979. After working at the RÚV from 1979 to 1981, she studied theater in Gothenburg. In 1983, she starred in the film ''Skilaboð til Söndru'' by Kristin Pálsdóttir. The same year, she joined the German Academy of Film and Television Berlin. She shot her first feature film in 1992, ''Ingaló'', the story of a rebellious girl and her brother in an Icelandic fishing village. The film was selected for the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival. She won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Rouen Nordic Film Festival and Solveig Arnarsdóttir, the actress in ''Ingaló'', won the Best Actress Award. The film is also selected for the festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Ásdís Hjálmarsdóttir
Martha Ásdís Hjálmarsdóttir is a professor in biomedical science in the Department of Biomedical Science at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Iceland and is the head of department there. Professional experience Martha graduated from Akureyri Junior College in 1971 (upper secondary school), completed undergraduate education in Biomedical Science from Icelandic Technical College (now merged with Reykjavik University), in 1973 and a doctorate in Biomedical Science from the University of Iceland in 2016. She was the first biomedical scientist to complete a doctorate from the University of Iceland. The title of her PhD dissertation is "The epidemiology of penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci in Iceland". After completing studies in biomedical science, she began working as a biomedical scientist in the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Landspítali ( The National University Hospital of Iceland). She is still there part-time working in educational administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr
Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr (born 23 June 1952) is an Icelandic diplomat and was the first woman to be appointed as an ambassador by Iceland, serving as ambassador to Sweden from 1991 to 1996. Education Sigríður was a fellow at Harvard Russian Research Center and holds a teaching diploma in Italian from Perugia University, a B.Sc.Econ in Economic International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy where she studied on a Fulbright Scholarship. Professional life Sigríður joined the Icelandic foreign service in 1978 and started her diplomatic career in the Soviet Union in 1979 at the height of the Cold War. She served as counsellor at the embassy of Iceland in Bonn, before she broke ground being the first Icelandic woman to be appointed as ambassador, in 1991. She has served as Iceland's ambassador to Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, France, Italy, Spain, and Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Feminine Given Names
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle Icelandic cattle ( ) are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle were first brought to the island during the Settlement of Iceland a thousand years ago. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed with a wide variety of colours and marki ..., a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |